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Yeah, mine is doing the same thing. I think it’s the shorter days cooler nights trigger as mine was outside until just a week or two ago. Must not really be temps though if this one was indoors- maybe it’s strictly a light trigger or lack thereof.

Hmmm…I have a white Christmas Cactus that is also in bloom. It is beautiful! My sister brought the mother-plant to me from New Orleans many years ago. Never thought of it being a “Halloween cactus” until your post 🙂 but it always blooms early.

I love Christmas cacti! My mom has had them forever — she has one that is always a Thanksgiving cactus, but I don’t think she has a Hallowe’en cactus. 🙂 I did not inherit her green thumb, but my brother did, and he has Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti too!

I think Lucia is right. Mine blooms at Easter, and come to find out, there ARE Easter cacti. Perhaps none of them are REALLY supposed to bloom at Xmas, and we’re all just imposing our will on them just TOO MUCH. that’s it! It’s a Christmas cactus conspiracy by the right-wing whackos! (heehee)

We called ours Jesus because it always bloomed on Easter Sunday – no matter when Easter was! He developed root rot and is currently undergoing a procedure to try and resurrect himself into many new plants. He’s been in my husband’s family for 90 years.

Oh, I love Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas/Easter cacti! My mother had a huge one for years, and when she moved into an apartment it came to me. But I eventually killed it; I have killed an embarrassing number of such cacti. Enjoy yours, and thanks for sharing!

That’s so pretty. I really need to get one. I wonder why it’s blooming early. I recently got “The Homecoming” on DVD. You know – the Walton’s Christmas show. Mrs. Walton had a Christmas Cactus that she kept under the stairs so it would be in just the right amount of light, etc, so it would bloom at the right time of year. So many things like that have died over time (everyday knowledge about certain plants, etc). Thanks for the pretty picture of this one. 🙂

Mine too. Never understood why since I bought it blooming at Christmastide. They say different species are timed differently to share the pollinators’ energy over a longer length of time, so you’d think if I bought a xmas one, it’d stick to xmas, wouldn’t cha?